PROGRAMS - FIRESIDE CHAT

with Mayor Tommy Shanks

Fireside Chat

Melonville's eccentric but affable mayor Tommy Shanks likes to keep in touch by giving the occasional fireside chat and commenting on the important issues of the day. Important Tommy Shanks episodes include:

• Running for reelection in Melonvote

1 Fireside Chat: Firewood [2 - 12 (4)]

Mayor Shanks discusses the weather and cedar firewood. He gives a milkbone to a stuffed dog.

Mayor Tommy Shanks - Candy; announcer - staff announcer

2 Fireside Chat: The Weather [2 - 21 (3)]

Mayor Shanks remarks on the weather and feeds a Hershey bar to a stuffed giraffe.

Mayor Tommy Shanks - Candy; Announcer - staff announcer

3 Fireside Chat: The State of the Economy [2 - 22 (2)]

The mayor's tobacco went up in price. He gives a biscuit to a stuffed parrot.

Mayor Tommy Shanks - Candy; announcer - staff announcer

4 Fireside Chat: Gun Control [4/1 - 7 (10)]

Mayor Shanks wonders where they come up with those facts about gun control. He gives milkbones to the various stuffed animals around him.

Tommy Shanks - Candy; announcer - staff announcer

5 Fireside Chat: Police Blotter [4/2 - 5 (12)]

In response to rising crime, Mayor Shanks takes a look at the day's police blotter.

Tommy Shanks - Candy; announcer - staff announcer

6 Fireside Chat: Christmas Message [4/2 - 7 (4)]

The mayor went shopping with the missus.

Tommy Shanks - Candy; announcer - staff announcer

7 Fireside Chat: Special Announcement [4/2 - 9 (10)]

Mayor Shanks was thinking he doesn't get a chance to chat with us much, and just wanted to say hi.

Tommy Shanks - Candy; announcer - staff announcer

8 Nightline Melonville: Kidnapping [4/3 - 2 (8)]

Lead item: Mayor Tommy Shanks' grandson kidnapped. Earl Camembert has an exclusive interview with the mayor, while Floyd talks to Melonville police chief Deward Weiss.

Earl Camembert - Levy; Floyd Robertson - Flaherty; Tommy Shanks - Candy; Deward Weiss, Police Chief - Moranis; Raymond - extra; Shanks bag man - Levy; reporters - extras

9 Nightline Melonville: Milk slush fund [4/3 - 5 (10)]

Lead item: Melonville Mayor Tommy Shanks accused of siphoning thousands of dollars from the milk fund. Earl tries to interview the Mayor, but Floyd, who is "under the weather", butts in and asks Shanks if his mother knew he stole that money. Shanks gets upset. Earl tries to take control and tells Floyd to shut up, and then tells Shanks to shut up. Shanks, ticked, comes down to the station to kick both their heads in.

Earl Camembert - Levy; Floyd Robertson - Flaherty; Tommy Shanks - Candy

10 Fireside Chat: Chipped tooth [4/3 - 8 (13)]

The mayor chipped a tooth the other day. He drops milkbones on a stuffed parrot on a bungie cord.

Tommy Shanks - Candy; announcer - staff announcer

11 Fireside Chat: Victory Speech [5/4 - 3 (7)]

Tommy thanks us for getting him out of there, and feeds his stuffed dog pills and cough syrup.

Tommy Shanks - Candy

12 Fireside Chat: Lighting of the Melonville Christmas Tree [5/4 - 6 (8)]

Mayor Shanks lights the tree, and shakes fake snow on a stuffed dog.

Tommy Shanks - Candy; Announcer - staff announcer